Classify each of the following as a Lewis acid or a Lewis
base.
(...

Question

Classify each of the following as a Lewis acid or a Lewis
base.
(e) OH-

Accepted Answer

Hello everyone. So this video given this species right here, h minus are being asked if this here is a Lewis acid or a Lewis base. So what is a Lewis acid? Let's write this out. So a lewis acid here. This is an electron which I just did note as e minus the electron pair. Aceptar as for the Lewis base. Of course it's just the opposite. It's the electron pair donor. So one of the donor one accepts that. So for my Lewis acid, usually we have a hydrogen bond to an electro negative atom or we have a positively charged ion. Or it's a compound with atoms containing less than an octet. As for Lewis base, its compounds with lone pairs or negatively charged ions here from my H plus or H minus. Rather we have a negatively charged ion. And by our description here this is our louis base. So this extra electron can be then donated, which makes it a Lewis base here. So from my final answer then between a B or C, we said that this is a Lewis base which is then answer choice. A. So answer choice is going to be my final answer for this problem

Classify each of the following as a Lewis acid or a Lewis base. (e) OH-

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